CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Location and area of Maryland 2 



Temperature 3 



Average annual precipitation 3 



Efifects of civilization 4 



Principal biotic or natural areas in Maryland 4 



Eastern Shore section 5 



Western Shore section 6 



Piedmont section 7 



Ridge and Valley section 7 



Allegheny Mountain section 7 



Maryland's mammalian fauna 8 



Keys 9 



Accounts of species 14 



Order Marsupialia (pouched mammals) 14 



Order Insectivora (shrews, moles, etc.) 15 



Order Chiroptera (bats) 41 



Order Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, etc.) 61 



Order Rodentia (gnawing mammals) 67 



Order Carnivora (flesh-eating mammals) 130 



Order Artiodactyla (even- toed hoofed mammals) 167 



Marine mammals of Maryland 173 



Extirpated Recent mammals of Maryland 181 



References 184 



MAPS 



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Figure 1. Map of Maryland showing the 23 counties, Baltimore City, 



and the District of Columbia 3 



2. Physiographic provinces of Maryland 5 



3. Biotic sections of Maryland 6 



4. Distribution of Sorex cinereus fontinalis and S. c. cinereus 17 



5. Distribution of Sorex longirostris longirostris 21 



6. Distribution of Sorex fumeus fumeus 24 



7. Distribution of Sorex dispar dispar 26 



8. Distribution of Microsorex hoyi winnemana 27 



9. Distribution of Blarina brevicauda kirtlandi 29 



10. Distribution of Cryptotis parva parva 33 



11. Distribution of Parascalops hreweri 35 



12. Distribution of Scalopus aquaticus aquations 37 



13. Distribution of Condylura cristata cristata 40 



14. Distribution of Myotis lucifugus lucifugus 42 



15. Distribution of Myotis keenii septentrionalis 44 



16. Distribution of Myotis sodalis 45 



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